Growing evidence supports 40Hz gamma stimulation for brain health
A decade after scientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT first began testing whether sensory ...
Quantum properties in atom-thick semiconductors offer new way to detect electrical signals in cells
For decades, scientists have relied on electrodes and dyes to track the electrical activity of living cells. Now, engineers ...
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Major new study identifies key protein driving Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating neurodegenerative disorder, is closely linked to the accumulation of tau protein in the ...
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New Test May Detect Alzheimer’s Years Before Tau Clumps Show Up In Scans
Scientists know that a build-up of specific proteins in the brain is associated with Alzheimer’s disease. However, by the time these proteins have become visible in brain scans, disease ...
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Research discovers a new cause of Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s research has long focused on two harmful proteins, amyloid beta (Aβ) and tau, which build up in the brain and are thought to drive the disease. However, in some cases, the severity ...
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Protein folding articles from across Nature Portfolio
Protein folding is the process by which proteins achieve their mature functional (native) tertiary structure, and often begins co-translationally. Protein folding requires chaperones and often ...
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New genetic mutation linked to Alzheimer's risk
June 15, 2021 — A new therapy prompts immune defense cells to swallow misshapen proteins, amyloid beta plaques and tau tangles, whose buildup is known to kill nearby brain cells as part of ...
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His genes forecast Alzheimer's. His brain had other plans.
The variant causes a person's brain to accumulate beta amyloid and phosphorylated tau proteins, the hallmarks of Alzheimer's. When Whitney turned 60 and still had no symptoms, he assumed he didn't ...
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Should You Get This Test to Determine Your Alzheimer’s Risk? Scientists Found a New Biomarker.
The study was focused on analyzing tau, a protein in the brain that plays a key role in Alzheimer's. In people with the neurological disease, tau proteins undergo chemical changes, forming tangled ...
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His genes forecast Alzheimer's. His brain had other plans.
The variant causes a person's brain to accumulate beta amyloid and phosphorylated tau proteins, the hallmarks of Alzheimer's. When Whitney turned 60 and still had no symptoms, he assumed he didn't ...
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Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a combination of four congenital (present at birth) heart defects that affect infants and children. The defects occur together and change the way blood flows through the ...